Monument record MDO45592 - Post medieval extractive pits, Lytchett Matravers

Four post medieval extractive pits in a field to the south of Warmwell Farm, Lytchett Matravers, are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and 2021 APGB imagery. The features are located within a southwest to northeast running seam of sand, clay and gravels. Some additional pits within the vicinity are documented on the OS 1st Edition map and are variously clay, sand, gravel or chalk pits, reflecting the variable geology of the area. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

Four post medieval extractive pits in a field to the south of Warmwell Farm, Lytchett Matravers, are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and 2021 APGB imagery [1, 2]. The features are located within a southwest to northeast running seam of sand, clay and gravels. Some additional pits within the vicinity are documented on the OS 1st Edition map and are variously clay, sand, gravel or chalk pits, reflecting the variable geology of the area. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RS 4246 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19437.

<2> Pan Government Agreement, XX-XX-2021, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery (Aerial Photograph). SDO19455.

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Feb 16 2023 4:27PM